#covid #coronavirus #publichealth Learn about COVID-19 and basic concepts for a public health strategy, including new updates on the rationale behind current COVID-19 isolation guidelines, retesting after isolation, and reinfection with COVID-19.
WHAT’S COVERED:
– Coronavirus history
– COVID-19 characteristics
– 6 concepts to flatten the curve
– 12 social distancing recommendations
– COVID-19 testing concepts
– How cocooning protects high risk individuals
– Key concepts of crisis communications in pandemics
TIMESTAMPS:
– 1:00 Coronavirus history
– 4:45 Key information and characteristics about the COVID-19 disease
– 11:59 COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease in children
– 20:09 Transmission
– 22:14 Can a person be reinfected after recovering from the disease?
– 23:56 Disenfectants active against coronavirus
– 25:41 6 concepts to flatten the curve
– 26:21 Recommendations for hospital processes during COVID-19
– 27:23 Social distancing
– 28:58 Wearing masks
– 32:38 Understanding the epidemiology of the pandemic
– 36:06 COVID-19 testing
– 41:23 Point of care testing
– 52:03 Herd immunity
– 56:46 Random sampling process
– 1:05:09 Concepts to protect the most vulnerable in our communities
– 1:06:17 Hardening long-term care facilities
– 1:12:02 Enhancing support for those on home isolation
– 1:15:39 Decreasing transmission in the general population
– 1:17:09 Development and distribution of vaccines and antivirals for COVID-19
– 1:23:15 Messaging strategies for a public health crisis
– 1:32:47 Developing a triage plan
– 1:40:24 Community COVID-19 risk metric
– 1:42:17 Summary
CERTIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT:
This curricula is approved by the National Board of Public Health Examiners for Certified Public Health (CPH) credit . To receive 1.0 CPH contact hours, you must pass the post-assessment in TRAIN at 80% with a score of 4/5.
To take the post-assessment, register for this class (if you haven’t already) at
GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
– Register for this class at
– Pass the post-assessment at 80%
– Pay the $5 certificate fee
SLIDE NOTES and POWERPOINT:
– 131-page PDF of slides with speaker notes (transcript)
– 113-slide PowerPoint file
Available for purchase at
COURSE PROVIDER:
The North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN) provides on-demand, practice-based training for the public health workforce around the world. In the last year, over 14,000 students from 125 countries have enrolled in more than 35,000 sessions of our classes on TRAIN, the Public Health Foundation’s learning network.
Learn more about our practical, practice-based training for the public health workforce at
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the current President and Educational Director of North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). He has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.
PRESENTATION UPDATED:
October 30, 2020
